The official announcement stated that Jones will be playing a Rebel soldier, and now notorious “scooper” El Mayimbe is claiming on Meet the Movie Press that the she’ll be the daughter of the fearsome bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Now, given that Jones is 31 years old and Rogue One will take place around twenty years after Attack of the Clones, where Boba Fett appeared as a kid himself (without any children at that point, we assume), there appear to be two possible scenarios here: either Boba has used the clones’ accelerated aging process on his daughter, or Mayimbe has been making up more Star Wars rumours to get himself headlines. One of
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El Mayimbe himself even stated that this piece of information is a rumor which has not been confirmed, so it could turn out to be completely false. Then again, Boba Fett has long been rumored to have some sort of presence in this spinoff, so it wouldn't be surprising to learn
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Univision’s 30-minute Spanish-language show will feature segments where Elmo, Lola, Rosita and friends interacting with guest stars. The program is meant to teach children important educational lessons.

“‘Sesame Amigos’ is a new and innovative show designed specifically for Spanish-speaking families in the U.S.,” said Alberto Ciurana, Univision’s president of programming and content. “While versions of ‘Sesame Street’ air in more than 150 countries, ‘Sesame Amigos’ will provide Spanish-speaking preschoolers the tools they need to succeed in the United States.”

Spanning 26 episodes, the show will feature celebrities such as Vahdir Derbez, Diego Luna and Leslie Grace.

“Sesame Amigos” is produced by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind “Sesame Street.” Season one premieres on August 1 in the Saturday children’s programming block, “Planeta U.”

Amazon Studios has set the release dates for two of its original series’ pilots. The debut episodes of Sneaky Pete and Casanova will drop on the Instant Video streaming platform on August 7, 2015.

On that date, both the Sneaky Pete and Casanova pilots will be available to all Amazon Prime Instant Video subscribers in the U.S., UK, and Germany. Soon afterwards, the pilots will be joined by others in Amazon’s recent round of its pilot program. Prime users will then be able to vote on their favorite pilots, which Amazon will greenlight as full series orders.

Sneaky Pete, which Amazon was reportedly courting back in June 2015, comes from executive producers Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House M.D.). The Amazon original series’ story centers around a released-from-prison conman, played by Giovanni Ribisi, who takes his old cellmate Pete’s identity and gets sucked into his family’s bail bond business.
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Originally developed (but passed on) by CBS, Sneaky Pete stars Giovanni Ribisi as a a con-man who, after leaving prison, hides from his past by assuming the identity of his cellmate, Pete. He thus moves in with
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'Everest' 2015, with Jake Gyllenhaal at the Venice Film Festival. What global warming? Venice Film Festival 2015 jury: Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón president The 2015 Venice Film Festival, to be held Sept. 2–12, has announced the members of its three main juries: Venezia 72, Horizons, and the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film. In case you're wondering, “Why Venezia 72”? Well, the simple answer is that this is the 72nd edition of the festival. Looking at the lists below, you'll notice that, as usual, Europeans dominate the award juries. The only two countries from the Americas represented are the U.S. and Mexico, and here and there you'll find a sprinkling of Asian film talent. Golden Lion jury The Golden Lion – Venezia 72 Competition – jury is comprised by the following: Jury President Alfonso Cuarón, the first Mexican national to take home the Best Director Academy Award (for the Sandra Bullock-George Clooney
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Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One is set to start filming in the UK in the next couple of months, and according to his Spotlight page (effectively his online curriculum vitae, to be used by casting agents), Aris has landed the role of Senator Jebel in the upcoming movie.

When it comes to blockbuster franchises like Star Wars, which keep secrets under lock and key while mounting massive productions around the world, there’s really no telling from where the next scoop is going to come.

Today, it appears that the BBC has latched onto an interesting bit of information about Star Wars: Rogue One – it’s spotted that Sherlock veteran Jonathan Aris’ Spotlight page (basically LinkedIn for actors) lists him as playing “Senator Jebel” in the ensemble Star Wars Anthology film.

The credit has mysteriously disappeared from Aris’ page, but here’s a screen grab:

Now who or what a Senator Jebel is remains to be seen, but it’s a safe bet that his official stature will make him an Imperial ally, seeing as Rogue One is set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Whether he’s a spy helping the rebels or
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Aris has reportedly been cast as a character called Senator Jebel, and the news of his casting in the film was revealed via his official online CV. That listing has since been removed, and there has been no official announcement as of yet so count this only as rumor for now.

Benicio Del Toro has been offered the main villain role in Star Wars: Episode VIII by Disney and LucasFilm. The Wrap reports that discussions are in very early stages, but the actor is Disney's top choice for the role. Neither Disney nor LucasFilm had any comment about the potential casting, and no details were given for the character.

With second unit production currently under way and first-unit set to start in three weeks, we should start to see the cast of the Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One emerge officially pretty soon. But there have rumours for a few months that Ben Mendelsohn is set to join Felicity Jones and Forrest Whitaker.

Deadline are now reporting that Mendelsohn is just waiting for the final confirmation that he’ll be joining the cast after some comments he made at last night’s Emmy Award nominations. “I think it’s looking Ok,” he says. “Things are looking positive, but I would think that’s something for them to discuss.”

“I’d be a very, very happy man,” Mendelsohn adds. “I’m right in the sweet spot for the actual first Star Wars. I didn’t wait in line for it, but I was nine or ten when that came out. It was a big deal,
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LucasFilm's Hall H panel at Comic-Con earlier today was almost entirely devoted to the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but one tiny nugget of information was released about the first highly-anticipated Star Wars spinoff, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. With the film set for release in December 2016, we already knew that production would be starting soon. Now LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that principal photography begins on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One in just three short weeks. That pits the start date at August. However, this contradicts a report that surfaced before Sdcc.

A detailed report from last week claimed that Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One had already been in production for three weeks at Pinewood Studios in London, which was confirmed as the filming location back in November. Sources claimed that star Felicity Jones had already shot her first scenes, and that crew members were
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Madrid – Completing one of the biggest Latin America- U.S.-Europe co-productions in history, Canana, the Mexico-l.A.-based production house of Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz, has boarded Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama,” one of Latin America’s most awaited and most ambitious movies.

A partner with Im Global in Mundial, a pioneering Latin America sales company, and with Participant Media in Participant PanAmerica, beyond its own lead productions – “Miss Bala,” “Cesar Chavez,” Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard player “The Chosen Ones” — Canana has been a key driver of first moves to create a pan-regional Latin American film industry, co-producing milestone recent Latin American co-productions such as Pablo Larrain’s “No” and Pablo Fendrik’s “Ardor.”

We know Godzilla director Gareth Edwards will helm Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, we know it'll focus on a rogue band of resistance fighters uniting to steal the plans for the original Death Star, and we know that the cast includes (so far) Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Diego Luna, Sam Clafin, Forest Whitaker, and Riz Ahmed. Edwards has also said to expect a much darker journey to the galaxy far, far away; and suggested that this won't be the usual ultimate good Vs. ultimate evil type of story.
However, that doesn't mean a representation of ultimate evil won't be a factor, because now we might just know something else about the movie: It'll feature Darth f*cking Vader! Bmd has heard that Lord Vader will indeed make an appearance, though by the sounds of things he won't play a huge role in the story.
"Darth Vader will be in Star Wars
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Though everyone thought Disney would keep all things Star Wars-related for their own convention, D23, San Diego Comic-Con hasn’t even started yet, and news regarding Star Wars’ future is already dropping.

Obviously, it shouldn't need to be said but **spoilers ahead**. At any rate, "Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One" is now filming with Gareth Edwards directing a cast that includes Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Forest Whitaker, and probably Ben Mendelsohn even though he keeps dancing around it in interviews. We already know the basic plot will revolve around a group of rebels who hatch a plan to steal the blueprints of the Death Star. However, while the movie is being touted as a standalone, it looks like a once iconic character will be making an appearance.
According to Birth Movies Death, Darth Vader will step into view "via viewscreen or holo projection or something," although a face-to-face, flesh and blood appearance as well, isn't ruled out. Meanwhile, word about Grand Moff Tarkin — the big honcho who runs the Death Star once it's up and running — and a possible pop
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